Japandroids are selling out shows all over the country so this should serve as a very stern warning to those of you who are yet to secure a ticket for the second Melbourne show on Wednesday August 28. Drunk Mums will support for this show and The Frowning Clouds and Black Night Crash DJs have been secured for the sold out Saturday show.
The lovable crew in rowdy gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello are all suing their head gypsy (that’s a thing, yeah?) Eugene Hutz for half a mill, claiming that the dude has been unfairly distributing the band’s funds and even kept all the money from a deal with Coca-Cola.
The Poison City Weekender has been unhampered by politicians insistence of plinking the federal election smack bang in the middle of its festivities. They’ve scheduled an acoustic arvo on Saturday September 7, perhaps out of spite for the state of our country’s political affairs (seems fair). Once you’ve voted for our country’s next leader, go down to the Old Bar to catch Ribbons Patterns, Pinch Hitter, Lucy Wilson and Nathan Seeckts and drown your sorrows as you wait for the election result. The election won’t be pretty but this sure as shit will.
Between The Buried and Me will return to the country this November to smash out their Parallax II : Future Sequence album in its entirety. The Contortionist will come along for the ride for these shows too. Check them out at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday November 19.
Well this comes as a shock to no one. Black Flag founding guitarist Greg Ginn is suing the touring band Flag claiming that they’re infringing on the rights owned by him and his label SST Records. Ginn is seeking an injunction against their current US tour and has said Flag’s use of the famous logo is causing “confusions, mistake or deception among consumers”. Ruhr oh.
Don’t even tell me you missed last week’s Big Day Out lineup announcement. You’d be just about the only person in the country. While headliners included Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire and Blur, I’m pretty excited about a bit of DZ Deathrays, Ghost and the one and only Cosmic Psychos. Ripper.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has been declared the most powerful person in the Australian music industry, according to the Australiasian Music Industry Directory.
Poor old Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem has recently blogged about his frustration with his fans. Last week Fallon posted “I’m asking openly and humbly that if anyone would like to come to a Gaslight Anthem show, please come because you want to see what we’re doing on that night. Don’t come to see Bruce, he won’t be there. Don’t come to hear a cover, it probably won’t happen. Don’t come to yell at me when I’m trying to share something with the audience”.
